One day, years ago, physicist Francis Slakey found himself about to fall off the side of a mountain, attached to the rock by only a single piece of unraveling fabric. “I wait for the inevitable,” Slakey, reads from “To The Last Breath,” his newly published memoir.
If you don’t know Susan Blick, chances are you won’t know just how much of her own life she’s put into her new book “Borrowed from the Devil.”
The story always goes the same way. Luciana Powell gets her sons, 3-year-old Nicolas and 5-year-old Alexander, wound down and ready for bed. Then her husband, Michael, comes home and is so excited to see the kids that he gets them all revved up again.
If you don’t know Susan Blick, chances are you won’t know just how much of her own life she’s put into her new book “Borrowed from the Devil.”
The year was 1933, and most of the world was oblivious to the gathering threat posed by the new regime. Berlin was a lively, colorful city, whose charisma and excitement may have obscured signs of impending doom.
Mel Bartholomew is the author of “Square Foot Gardening,” from Rodale Press (1981 and updated in 2006) that sold two-million copies thus far, making it one of the bestselling garden books in America. Its success led Bartholomew to create the nonprofit Square Foot Gardening Foundation with humanitarian projects all over the globe.
On Sunday, June 3, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Chino Farm will host author Jeanne Kelley to sign copies of her new cookbook “Salad for Dinner: Complete Meals for All Seasons,” which was just released by Rizzoli International Press.
When local author Jean Hart Stewart finally found the time to pursue her lifelong love of writing she filled the pages of nearly 25 books. Hart Stewart has written all of those books in the last eight years.
When former U.S. Navy SEAL Sniper Course Manager Brandon Webb decided to write his latest book, he had a mission: to have his young children understand why he had been away and to one day read about his experiences.
UC San Diego’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout and San Diego Citybeat’s Edwin Decker will read from their works on Wednesday, May 2, in the Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m.
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